Meet new Art Therapist, Beth Peacock, MA, CTT

Meet newly graduated Art Therapist:  Beth Peacock.  Beth is practicing in Virginia at the Rappahannock Council Against Sexual Assault.  In addition to her graduate degree in Art Therapy, she is a certified trauma specialist. 

Trauma, according to Dr. Louis Tinnin is a most treatable condition in that it is an injury which can be healed. Dr. Tinnin and his wife, Linda Gantt have created a very effective treatment protocol which is based on the recognition of the symptoms of PTSD (Post traumatic stress disorder) as stemming from natural survival strategies and how the human brain stores information. As a medical doctor, Dr. Tinnin realized that many symptoms of those suffering from PTSD come from being stuck in natural reactions which help the victim understand and change the responses which aid survival, but cause dysfunction in daily life. The trauma narrative protocol is one of many ways art therapists help their clients communicate through images and drawing to help them gain control over their thoughts and feelings with minimal abreaction or painful re-experiencing.

Beth Peacock, MA in Expressive Art Therapy and Certified Trauma Therapist using Dr. Tinnin’s protocol, has been a counselor with RCASA for the past two and a half years. Beth counsels adults and children. Beth’s special area of interest and focus is counseling children using both art and play therapy techniques as well as the trauma narrative protocol. Beth previously worked providing therapy in jail-based therapeutic communities and realized the long term affects of childhood trauma. Through her experiences using the trauma narrative protocol with clients suffering from substance abuse issues Beth realized clients were able to make positive changes to their behaviors after they began to heal from childhood trauma. Training and internship with the Tinnin’s provided Beth a way to help those who have suffered from a trauma and are unduly still suffering. The protocol uses an art narrative to help those who have experienced trauma store their memories in a different way which can bring closure and deactivate intrusive symptoms. The protocol also helps victims of various traumas free themselves of some of the crippling beliefs that consquently arise such as shame and guilt or pursing a survival-centric lifestyle. The protocol teaches the victim to reconnect with their positive core self which has become overwhelmed  by the needs of the parts of themselves that still feel in danger. The trauma narrative protocol can bring peace and closure and let clients resume a healthy lifestyle.

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Art Education and Art Therapy: Drawing Parallel, Deepening Relatioships

“Art Education and Art Therapy: Drawing Parallels, Deepening Relationships”

Tuesday and Wednesday – April 13 & 14, 2010 – Baltimore, MD

Designed for art therapists and art educators, 16 three-hour workshops focus on integrating broadly applicable principles and approaches common to both disciplines in working with people of all ages.

This Expressive Media Pre-Conference Institute is offered in collaboration with the National Art Education Association, whose annual convention is being held at the Hilton Baltimore, near Harborplace and the American Visionary Art Museum.

The invited faculty of 11 art therapist-educators includes Judith Rubin and Frances Anderson. All sessions are $59 each, discount for NAEA members. Choose as many as 4 sessions. 

Continuing education credit available. For information and registration: http://www.expressivemedia.org/naea

EnCounterCulture Exhibit

EnCounter Culture

The George Washington University Graduate Art Therapy Program presents
EnCounterCulture:
The Culturally Responsive Art Therapist
Juried Exhibit
Exhibiting Artists:

Heidi Bardot
Gioia Chilton
Tracy Councill
Lisa Raye Garlock
Paula Howie
Huyen N. MacMichael
Karen Hope Montgomery
Sangeeta Prasad
Susan Price
Ruth Stenstrom
Nora Stinley
Tally Tripp
Elizabeth Warson
Rebecca Wilkinson

Juror: Matt Sesow
Invited Artist: Lauren Kingsland

Art Therapist Position in Jordan

I am searching for a licensed art therapist with extensive cross-cultural experience to conduct a State Department-sponsored program in Jordan for three weeks in April 2010. The therapist would work with underserved children, ages 7 to 15, at local cultural and community centers in Amman, Zarqa, Salt, and Aqaba. Additionally, the therapist would train local art educators and social program coordinators in the importance of art-making in social healing and cross-cultural understanding.

Working within the existing framework of the cultural and community centers, the therapist would work with resident children in groups or on an individual , as-needed basis through various media and art projects. A significant number of children in the targeted areas have no real options for after school programming and are often left with no alternative other than the street. Most come from economically-challenged communities with few social services, activities, or opportunities. Many suffer from family and relationship issues; trauma and loss; behavioral problems; low self-esteem; and lack of self awareness.

The U.S. Embassy in Jordan also plans to organize an exhibition of artwork created by the children in this program that will travel around Jordan.

The U.S. Department of State will fund and arrange the following for the art therapist:
· Roundtrip international airfare (economy class)

· Lodging, meals and incidental expenses – according to U.S. government guidelines

· A daily honorarium of $200

· A one-time payment of $250 for miscellaneous expenses

· A one-time payment of $200 for educational expenses

· An interpreter if needed

· Art supplies
Please share this information with your faculty and encourage interested therapists to contact me directly.

Thank you,
Elizabeth Ash

Elizabeth Ash
Program Officer, ECA/PE/C/CU
Cultural Programs Division | Office of Citizen Exchanges | Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
U.S. Department of State | Washington, DC 20522-0503
202-632-9354 tel
202-632-9355 fax
AshE@state.gov
http://exchanges.state.gov/

Meet Danica – Art Therapist working with sexual assault/abuse

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See an interview about Danica’s work at the Rappahannock Council Against Sexual Assault in Fredericksburg, VA

Art Therapist Position

Art/Expressive Therapist

Full-time position on Adult Co-Occurring Unit at Sheppard Pratt Health System – Ellicott City. Responsibilities include facilitating a variety of groups (including Creative Expression, Coping Skills, Self Esteem, Exercise and Recreation), completing group progress notes and Functional Screens, contributing in treatment team meetings, keeping art and recreational supplies stocked, and working as part of Rehabilitation Services team. Knowledge of addictions preferred. ATR required.

Contact Barbara White, R.N. at 443-364-5469 or email BaWhite@sheppardpratt.org

Lisa Raye Garlock MS, ATR-BC
Clinical Placement Coordinator/Assistant Professor
The George Washington University
Northern Virginia Graduate Education Center
Art Therapy Program
1925 Ballenger Avenue, Suite 250 (mailing address)
413 John Carlyle Ave. (entrance address, 2nd flr.)
Alexandria, VA 22314
lgarlock@gwu.edu
703-299-4171
FAX 703-299-4142

Training in the Use of the Drawn Mandala & MARI Card Test

MARI and MANDALA ASSESSMENT: LEVEL I
Training in the Use of the Drawn Mandala & MARI Card Test
February 12-14, 2010, near Charlottesville, Virginia
At the Akasha Retreat Center (www.akasha-va.org)

Would you be interested in learning an assessment tool to use in your counseling, coaching or bodywork practice that would quickly inform you and your clients about unconscious issues as well as strengths that will impact your work together?

The Mandala Assessment Research Instrument (MARI Card Test) is a non-verbal assessment instrument developed by art therapist Joan Kellogg, and based on the work of Carl Jung. It has been in use for 30 years as a psychological assessment tool to:

* Identify personal, career, social, health, and relationship issues in a person’s life
* Assess a person’s readiness and energy to work on these issues
* Uncover unconscious blocks in particular areas in the person’s life development
* Identify useful insights and a means to track progress through the life cycle

What you will learn in this 21 hour professional training program:

*Theoretical and philosophical underpinnings of the mandala and MARI
*Understanding the stages of development reflected in the MARI Card Test
*Using the MARI to assess client readiness, resources, & energy to address
issues of personal growth, work, relationships, health, creativity & spirituality
*Instruction and practice administering a MARI assessment
*How to interpret MARI assessments with information provided in training manual
*Supervised practice providing effective, relevant, ethical, and strength-based
assessments
*Significance of symbols and images typically encountered in the drawn mandala
*How to incorporate the drawn mandala in your work with individuals and groups

The MARI Card Test is a non-verbal assessment instrument developed by art therapist Joan Kellogg, and based on the work of Carl Jung. It has been used for over 30 years as a psychological assessment tool in agencies and private practice. More recently it is also being used in organizational coaching.

Who would benefit from attending?

*Counselors, social workers, psychologists, clinical nurse specialists
*Art and Expressive Arts Therapists
*Music therapists, Life and Business Coaches
*Mind-body medicine practitioners, bodyworkers, energy healers

Continuing education units or contact hour certificates are available

Cost: Tuition, snacks, & facilities fee for the training program is $425. MARI assessment materials including cards and color manual is $230.
Total cost: $655. Deposit of $100 saves a place for you!

Lodging information: For those who would like to stay at Akasha, a lovely retreat center in the mountains, the cost per night is $60 (includes some meals), payable to Erin Johnson, LPC. Limited to 12 participants.

Course hours: Friday, February 12 from 10-6; Saturday, February 13 from 9-6, Sunday, February 14 from 9-4.

Trainer: Erin Johnson, LPC, FAMI is certified to provide MARI Level I and II training through MARI Creative Resources. She also offers training in music, imagery and the arts for healing and wellness, as well as all levels of training in The Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Life Coach in private practice in Charlottesville, VA.

Register: Call Erin: (434) 971-4747, ext. 105 or email: erin@erinjohnsonlpc.com
Visit my website at www.erinjohnsonlpc.com for more information.

Upcoming Training on Helping Clients Cope with Trauma, Grief and Loss in Virginia

Full Circle Grief Center and Danica Henrich present Healing Through Art:

Helping Clients Cope with Trauma, Grief and Loss

Training Goals:
Learn about the Benefits and Risks of Utilizing Art Based interventions when working with trauma and grief.
Learn Techniques you can implement safely.
Experience Art Processes and Explore Art Materials

GET INSPIRED!
Saturday February 20, 2010
9 am to 12 pm
Registration at 8:30am
Light Refreshments Provided
Full Circle Grief Center
10611 Patterson Ave., Bldg 201
Richmond, VA 23238
Registration:
www.fullcirclegriefcenter.org/training.htm
$115.00 per single registrant or
$100.00 per person for groups of 3 or more.
Deadline to register is Feb. 15

New stuff at The ART Life Studio

To register for below event and/or schedule a private session, please contact:

Jena Leake, M.A., R.E.A.T., Registered Expressive Arts Therapist

The ART Life Studio, 313 Second Street, S.E., Suite 208, Charlottesville, VA 22902

jenaleake@earthlink.net, (434) 996.8087

**********Winter 2010 Class & Workshop Schedule**********

(Day, Evening & Weekend Offerings)

Re-IMAGINING Life through ART

Expressive Arts Class

Thursdays, 10:30 am – 1 pm

January 21 – March 11 (8-weeks)

This winter, join a spirited group of adventurous souls as we immerse ourselves in DEEP PLAY in the ARTS to imagine new possibilities for shaping life as a full expression of self. We will use painting, dreamwork, clay, writing, poetry, collage, authentic movement, journal making and creative enactments to explore how art-making as a contemplative practice can help us build a bridge between our inner life and the actions we wish to take in the outer world, the life we imagine for ourselves.

Taught from an intermodal expressive arts perspective, participants will experience how the layering of art modalities enhances our capacity for artistic expression, self-awareness and re-imagining our lives. Each class will include time for individual art-making and reflection, community sharing and ritual, and ideas for shaping a personal arts-based practice to support you in cultivating courageous conversations with yourself and your art. All levels of experience welcome in this community art studio where everyone is an artist and a beginner as we follow our images towards new frontiers in our art and life. ( $285, materials included)

ART & SOUL

Women’s Expressive Arts Group

Mondays, 10:30 am – 1 pm

January 25 – March 15 (8-weeks)

Discover your ART, nourish your SOUL, bring more ART & SOUL into your everyday life. This 8-week group offers a rich palette of expressive arts explorations to awaken your artistic and soulful nature. You will discover how art-making as a personal and contemplative practice brings you into deeper relationship with your true self, revealing your beauty, strength and inner wisdom. We will paint, draw, collage, sculpt clay, write, dance, make masks and create life-size self portraits while exploring the compelling themes, images and stories in our lives and art. This is a wonderful opportunity to experiment with multiple art modalities, be in community with spirited women and envison new possibilities for living a more soul-fulfilling life. All levels of experience welcome. ($285/materials included)

PAINTING FROM THE WILD SOUL

Women’s Expressive Painting Group

Tuesdays, 7 – 9:30 pm

February 2 – March 23 (8-weeks)

Within every woman there is a wild soul full of passion, creativity and inner wisdom. When we express ourselves authentically and artistically, we tap into the soulful nature of our being. Our images, feelings, metaphors and dreams arise from within to guide us in our everyday living.

During this 8-week class, we will journey into the wild soul through painting and visual journaling. Unique to this process is an intermodal expressive arts approach, which will introduce the layering of movement, painting and writing explorations to support you in expanding possibilities for authentic self-expression in art-making and in life. There is no right or wrong way to paint; there is only your way. Join us this winter as we open our senses, play with paint, and nourish the fertile ground within us during this spirited women’s painting group! All levels of experience welcome. ($285/materials included)

AWAKENING THE CREATIVE FIRE

Discovering your Passion & Creativity through the Expressive Arts

One-Day Workshop

Saturday, February 6, 10 am – 5 pm

In this mid-winter workshop, we immerse ourselves in art-making and play to awaken our senses and discover our deepest passions. Through painting, writing, and sculpting in clay, movement and story, we will ignite the creative fire within as we explore the transformative power of calling forth images from the depths of our imagination. As we shape artistic works individually and collectively, we will create together in a supportive environment where there are no mistakes and everyone is an artist. This enlivening approach invites authentic self expression, surprising creations, and practical tools for tending the creative fire in everyday life. This intermodal expressive arts workshop is for anyone interested in exploring the arts for personal, professional and artistic growth.

** Co-facilitated by Jena Leake & Robert Wadden Early Bird Registration: $90 before January 15 or $110 after January 15 (all materials included)

CREATRESS “Spring Equinox” Workshop

Women’s Expressive Arts Workshop Series (new format)

Saturday, March 20, 1:30 – 5:30 pm

Early Bird Registration: $65 by March 1 or $75 after March 1 (all materials included)

In 2010, this popular women’s workshop series is moving from a monthly format to a seasonal format with the 1st workshop taking place on the spring equinox. Each workshop will explore the seasons and cycles of our lives, nature and the creative process. Please see the description of this workshop series below:

Every woman is creative and has the innate capacity to be an artist of her own life. These seasonal “mini retreats” offer a unique opportunity to luxuriate in creative and sacred space with other women as we nourish our inner lives and deepest potential. Through art-making and reflection, celebration and ceremony, we take time to listen attentively to the images and stories emerging from within. Visual art-making, poetry, movement, writing and music will be our companions and guides. As we engage the Creatress within, we will focus on strengthening our connection to the feminine, claiming our inner knowing and body wisdom, and becoming artists of our everyday lives. This is a wonderful gift to yourself, offering replenishment, inspiration and creative practices to support you in staying current with yourself while harvesting what is presently unfolding in your life.

MEN’S Expressive Arts Group (now forming)

Contact Robert Wadden for more information at: robertwadden@earthlink.net

Creative Renewal (new!)

The Art of Self-Care and Caring for Others

An Expressive Arts Personal Process & Supervision Group for Therapists, Social Workers & Counseling Professionals

February – May 2010 / Four Monthly 4 – Hour Sessions scheduled in consultation with participants on a Saturday or Sunday

Proposed weekends: Feb. 20 or 21, March 27 or 28, April 23 or 24 and May 22 or 23

$320 (art materials included); commitment to all 4-sessions requested

Each session will include:

~ A creative, nourishing environment to gather regularly with peers and engage in meaningful dialogue and reflection about your life and work

~ Time to “come home to yourself” and nourish your own soul through individual and collective expressive arts explorations

~ Introduction to expressive arts therapy methodologies and their applications in clinical and community settings

~ Arts-based practices for personal and professional growth

~ Creative renewal as we “re-imagine” our lives and work with others through art-making and soul-centric practices

Individual Expressive Arts Therapy, ART Life Sessions & R.E.A.T. Supervision:

(Offered by appointment; sliding scale available)

ROUND OAKS CREATIVE CENTER SCHEDULE

Winter through spring 2010

1443 Glenside Green, Charlottesville, VA 22901

Phyllis Frame, Director

pframe79@aol.com

ON GOING OFFERINGS:

Individual art therapy and sand tray sessions-$85 (1 ½ hour)

Couple Relationship Assessment: Using the MARI Card test and Mandala drawings $150

2 ½ hour session

Individual MARI Card test and drawing assessment-$85 1 ½ hour session:

Art therapy, sandtray, or mandala supervision $50 1 hour

WORKSHOPS AND TRAININGS:

MANDALA ASSESSMENT REFRESHER AND SUPERVISION: Saturday, February 27,2010. This workshop is for those who have taken previous training in the mandala and are familiar with the Stages of the Great Round and are using this material in work with their clients .

This class provides a refresher and review of this material and time for questions and sharing. Cost $125 with a certificate of completion. Instructors: Phyllis Frame, ATR and Karen Montgomery, ATR. Flyer available.

INTRODUCTION TO SANDTRAY: Small group or individual sand tray training from 10-5pm on Saturdays. Date to be arranged. Includes didactic, additional educational material, and experience in working in the sand tray in different ways. It is based on the Sand Tray/Worldplay model, using techniques developed by Gisela Schubach De Domenico, PhD. Cost: $140 with a certificate of completion.

THE CHAKRA SYSTEM AND SELF HEALING: A MULTI-LEVEL APPROACH. Saturday, March 13, 2010 from 9-5pm. An all day chakra workshop with lecture, power point, sound and toning, guided imagery, color, and various creative exercises around the chakra system. $135 with a certificate of completion. CEU’s are available at extra cost. Phyllis Frame, ATR and Karen Montgomery, ATR, instructors. Request a flyer and registration form.

THE LIFE CYCLE: COURSE IN MANDALA ASSESSMENT April 16-18,2010. A

3 day course with a certificate of completion based on art therapist, Joan Kellogg’s theory of The Archetypal Stages of the Great Round of the Mandala. This course . prepares you to use the mandala in your therapeutic and healing work. Includes lecture, slides, experiential mandalas and a course workbook. Cost: $365,( $350 if registered before Feb. 1, 2010) Time: Friday-Sunday 9-5pm. Phyllis Frame, M.A., ATR and Carole McNamee, PhD, instructors. CEU’s available. Request a flyer and registration form.
LEVEL II MANDALA ASSESSMENT COURSE July 2010 (date to be announced). This 2 ½ day course will be offered to a very limited number of participants at our home in Maine during July 2010. We over look the Penobscot Bay on 6 beautiful and private acres
This course is meant for graduates of beginning courses in mandala assessment. It includes advanced work with color and stages of the great round of the mandala, case studies, experiential mandalas and additional ways of understanding and interpreting this material. Cost:$425 If you are interested in attending, let me know as soon as possible. CEU’s will be available. Housing can be arranged.

*Phyllis Frame, M.A., ATR has been a practicing art therapist in Charlottesville, VA for 25 years. She is the founder and director of the Round Oaks Creative Center, and has given art and mandala workshops throughout the country as well as publishing articles in professional journals on mandala and sandtray. Phyllis has had extensive training with Joan Kellogg, visionary art therapist and her work with the mandala, and also the sand tray-worldplay approach developed by Gisela Schubach DeDomenico, PhD. The center offers individual and group art therapy and sand tray along with weekend workshops and retreats.